Panel: State should move ahead on redeveloping former Adirondack prison buildings
By Tim Rowland
Reuse should be mindful of the past, advocates say
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Ranger’s suicide cited in making case for retirement bill
The union representative for forest rangers used his colleague’s death by suicide as an example of why lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul should pass a 20-year retirement bill.
Environmental Protection Fund gets scrutiny in budget hearings
Adirondack groups want designated funding restored in the state budget. DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos provided input.
Public invited to discuss 40-megawatt Mayfield solar project
Solar developer Boralex Inc. is proposing a project more than two times the size of the largest solar facility approved thus far in the Adirondack Park
DEC to close Eagle Lake boat trailer access in 2024
The DEC will reconfigure a public boat launch at Eagle Lake in the Town of Ticonderoga so it no longer may accommodate trailered boats.
In the Adirondacks, a pre-Civil War fight for voting rights
By Times Union
Pre-Civil War ledger documents Adirondack property transfers that helped secure voting rights for Black men
Her Adirondack dream job
By Betsy Kepes
Charlotte Staats, trails manager for Adirondack Mountain Club, makes her own path
State and local partners build plans for John Brown Farm
State agencies and John Brown Lives! are taking a close look at John Brown Farm and what its future could hold.
Tupper Triad adds to community appeal
By Tim Rowland
Trio of hikes offer year-round outings that are putting Tupper Lake on the map
Garden journals
Adirondacks resident Dana Fast, 91, talks about 40 years of keeping a garden journal chronicling changes in the growing season. Video by Chloe Bennett. See related story by Chloe: https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/adirondacks-weather-journals